James Jordan just cannot resist stirring the pot - which is why we love him so - and he's just hinted that some of the celebrity contestants on Strictly Come Dancing are hiding their professional dance training.

The former BBC pro was attending the 2016 Pride of Britain Awards in London last night (October 31) as he told Digital Spy that none other than Ed Balls is his favourite - because his lack of dancing experience and improvement over the course of the series is what the show is all about.

"It's supposed to be about people who can't dance and watching them improve and their journey, not about these people who have already been trained to dance."

When we asked if he was referring to Danny Mac - who has previously performed in the West End - James continued: "Not just him - there are a lot of people in there who who have had a lot of training but don't admit to it. are others who are trying to pull the wool over our eyes.

"Look we're professional dancers and we can see when someone's trying to pull the wool over our eyes..."

James refused to elaborate on who was hiding their trained dancing skills, but it's already been reported that Melvin Odoom was a dance teacher, and Will Young - who recently quit the show - had dance lesson experience before taking part.

Olympian Greg Rutherford had spoken about his concerns at being one of the few contestants without a dance background, saying: "You talk to the other guys about how hard you're finding it and they're like, 'Yeah, I've never done anything like this before'. Then you find out they went to stage school.